Dermoscopy of skin lesions in two patients with xeroderma pigmentosum

Abstract

The dermoscopic findings in the tumours were similar to those previously described in patients not affected by XP. Diagnosis by dermoscopic pattern analyses allowed a correct classification of malignant tumours in these cases.

Plantar basal cell carcinoma in a patient with xeroderma pigmentosum: importance of dermoscopy for early diagnosis of nonpigmented skin cancer

“…Malvehy et al 10 reported that the dermoscopic findings in the skin cancers in patients with XP were similar to those described in patients not affected by this disease.…”

Non‐invasive management of non‐melanoma skin cancer in patients with cancer predisposition genodermatosis: a role for confocal microscopy and photodynamic therapy

“…The clinical diagnosis of skin tumours at an early stage and the discrimination between malignant lesions and benign lesions is challenging in these patients because of the presence of severe UV‐induced skin damage with the generalized presence of actinic lentigines, AKs and poikiloderma. Recently, dermoscopy has demonstrated to be useful in the clinical assessment and follow‐up of these patients 12,13 …”

Xeroderma pigmentosum and lentigo maligna in identical twins

“…Freckling and increasing dryness of light-exposed surfaces are usually the earliest manifestations. Rarely, these patients have primary internal neoplasms, including leukemia (9). Genetic assessment should include information on prognosis, follow-up, early diagnosis, and prophylactic therapy of associated neoplasms (10).…”